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1991 TCU

7–⁠4 (4–⁠4 Southwest Conference), coached by Jim Wacker.

Schedule and results

TCU in 1991, game by game: won vs. New Mexico 60–7; won vs. Ball State 22–16; won at Oklahoma State 24–21; won at Texas Tech 30–16; lost vs. Arkansas 21–22; won at Rice 39–28; lost at No. 22 Baylor 9–26; won vs. SMU 18–10; lost vs. No. 12 Texas A&M 7–44; lost at Texas 0–32; won vs. Houston 49–45+53−37Won 60–7 vs. New Mexico+53New MexicoWon 22–16 vs. Ball State+6Ball StateWon 24–21 at Oklahoma State+3Oklahoma StateWon 30–16 at Texas Tech+14Texas TechLost 21–22 vs. Arkansas-1ArkansasWon 39–28 at Rice+11RiceLost 9–26 at No. 22 Baylor-17No. 22 BaylorWon 18–10 vs. SMU+8SMULost 7–44 vs. No. 12 Texas A&M-37No. 12 Texas A&MLost 0–32 at Texas-32TexasWon 49–45 vs. Houston+4Houston
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 7vsNew MexicoW 60–⁠772%
Sep 14vsBall StateW 22–⁠1652%
Sep 21atOklahoma StateW 24–⁠2154%
Sep 28atTexas TechW 30–⁠1648%
Oct 5vsArkansasL 21–⁠2268%
Oct 19atRiceW 39–⁠2847%
Oct 26at22BaylorL 9–⁠2639%
Nov 2vsSMUW 18–⁠1085%
Nov 9vs12Texas A&ML 7–⁠4433%
Nov 16atTexasL 0–⁠3233%
Nov 23vsHoustonW 49–⁠4545%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Houston 49–⁠45; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 58th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1991.

Consensus All-AmericanKelly Blackwell, TE

Record
7–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
279–⁠267
Coach
Jim Wacker
Elo
1516 +54 this season
SP+ rating
-1.1 No. 62 of 104; offense No. 42, defense No. 74
SRS
−1.4 No. 59 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1992

The 1992 draft
Rd 6Roosevelt Collins LBMiami Dolphins

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1991 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1991 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M8–⁠010–⁠212
Baylor5–⁠38–⁠4
Texas Tech5–⁠36–⁠5
Arkansas5–⁠36–⁠6
TCU4–⁠47–⁠4
Texas4–⁠45–⁠6
Houston3–⁠54–⁠7
Rice2–⁠64–⁠7
SMU0–⁠81–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.